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Hey! So a bit of the back story. One of my 1 year old Welsh Harlequin Drakes died 1.5 weeks ago leaving behind his mate. He was a little slow and stumbly a bit one day and then the next morning I found him dead in the coop. I had him and his mate separated for breeding so when I found him...

Hey. Sadly I found my Welsh Harlequin drake dead in the coop this morning. He wasn't attacked. He was in a slumped over seated position. I noticed he was a bit off yesterday - Slow to get out of the coop but then seemed fine just a bit moody which I figured may be from the fact that he was...

I've ordered some rather pricey shipped duck eggs from the other side of the country. They were shipped on Monday, tracking said Tuesday but then never showed. I received a notify this morning (Wednesday) that they were out for delivery but at 6pm got a notification that it was delayed due to...

Hey! Just hatched my first round of Welsh x Runners and wondering who the daddy is. Lol. The first 3 ducklings we'll speak about all hatched from a Welsh egg so the mama is my silver phase Welsh Harlequin. They are obviously not pure Welsh so who do you figure the daddy is out of these...

Hey! 14 duck eggs in lockdown. One of the eggs had a small airsac but the rest are normal. The one with a small airsac is now developing a black spot. I candled all the eggs prior to lockdown and did see some movement in the fluid of this egg although no pressing/poking on the membrane like...

Me again, back with more genetic questions. I have an incubator full of eggs with a high chance of some runner x Welsh crosses. Curious what I can expect from the crosses. Here's what I have... Silver Phase Welsh Drake over black runner hen & silver runner hen Silver phase Welsh duck under...

Wondering if anyone has hatched Saxony eggs in the Nurture Right 360? I ordered some Saxony eggs along with some fancy runners not even thinking that they may not fit. 🙈 I've hatched plenty of runners and Welsh with the turner but nothing bigger. If they don't fit in the turner I'm not...

I have an 8 month old drake who is all of a sudden attacking us. We had a fox attack about a month ago (no fatalities, just a couple wounded) and this drake has a leg wound and spent a couple weeks in the basement with one of our hens to heal up. When he went back outside this behaviour...

Are all Welsh Harlequin able to be sexed as babies by bill colour or is it only gold phase? Also, is it a trait that needs to be selectively bred for? If it was accurate with the Welsh I currently have will it be accurate with their ducklings?

I am just in the process of separating my drakes as my ratio is way off due to bad luck with last year's hatches. My plan in is to have a bachelor pen and only allow one drake at a time with the girls. As far as genetics goes I'm wondering what you (people more experienced than I) would think...

Hi, Wondering what to do with the temp dropping to - 20°C over the next couple days. I know ducks are very cold weather hardy but I have read that if you keep water in the coop it can increase chances of frostbite. The reason we have the water in the coop is due to a fox attack a few days ago...

We have been duck owners since June of last year so we are going to be experiencing our first mating season. We had terrible luck with both our hatches and now have 6 drakes and only 4 hens. 🙈 I know this is not good but they are pets and my kids are very attached. I told them we could try a...

I hatched my first ducks 7 months ago (3 drakes & 3 hens) and I've yet to get a single egg. 2 of the hens are runners and 1 a Welsh Harlequin. I live in Ontario, Canada and it's December so should I expect they will start laying come spring? Is there anything I can do to help?

My 6 week old ducklings are nearly feathered and are absolutely gorgeous!! 😍 I would love to know what to call these colours and anything else you could tell me re:genetics. This first one is Stormy. A beautiful red/blue/silver. And this one we have names Silver due to the fact that it is...

I posted in the emergency section last night with no luck. Last night I found my 4 week old runner ducklings had escaped from their enclosure and had been exploring the basement. Upon putting them back I noticed one of them acting funny. Neck bent funny when standing, dazed, sitting a lot...

Hey! I'm worried about one of my 4 week runner ducklings. Went to the basement tonight to tend to them and they had all managed to escape their pen. I had last tended to them about 5 hours ago and all was well. I put them back in their enclosure and noticed one was acting funny. Not excited...

I'm curious what colour this little cuties will grow up to be (both Indian Runners)... Here's Toasty. This pic was taken last week and I noticed tonight that he's definitely starting to get almost a bluish tinge. And here's Thistle. Pic of her as a baby and last week.

Hey. Trying to wrap.my head around this genetic stuff. My questions is - do fawn ducks carry a chocolate gene? I have ducklings that were from a flock of a chocolate drake over blue, fawn and silver hens. Trying to figure out whether the chocolate ducklings in this case would be sex...

My ducklings have started to hatch and a nice little surprise popped out of the first egg. Meet Turbo... Is this little cutie penciled? It's a surprise because these eggs came from my friends flock of all solid colour ducks. A chocolate drake over solid blue, silver and solid fawn hens. I'm...

I'm just starting to read about duck genetics and it's very fascinating. I have some questions for the more experienced ... 1. If I bred my Silver Runner Hen with my Welsh Harlequin Drake (silver phase) what could I expect? 2. I have a black runner hen. She has 1 white feather on each...